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Cornelia Emilian
Cornelia Emilian (; 1840–1910) was an Imperial Austrian-born Romanian journalist and women's rights activist. She was born in Zlatna, in the Principality of Transylvania, to a noble family.Ionela Băluță, "Apariția femeii ca actor social - a doua jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea", in ''Direcții și teme de cercetare în studiile de gen din România'', p. 71. Bucharest: Editura Colegiul Noua Europă, 2003, In 1858, she emigrated to Iași, the capital of Moldavia, soon to become the second city of the Romanian Old Kingdom.Ionela Băluță, ''La bourgeoise respectable'', p. 264. Bucharest: Editura Universității din București, 2008, There, she married Ștefan Emilian, a professor at the University of Iași and architect. Emilian founded the Romanian Women's Congress. During the Romanian War of Independence The Romanian War of Independence is the name used in Romanian historiography to refer to the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), following which Romania, fighting on the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Austria
The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, it was the third most populous monarchy in Europe after the Russian Empire and the United Kingdom. Along with Prussia, it was one of the two major powers of the German Confederation. Geographically, it was the third-largest empire in Europe after the Russian Empire and the First French Empire (). The empire was proclaimed by Francis II in 1804 in response to Napoleon's declaration of the First French Empire, unifying all Habsburg possessions under one central government. It remained part of the Holy Roman Empire until the latter's dissolution in 1806. It continued fighting against Napoleon throughout the Napoleonic Wars, except for a period between 1809 and 1813, when Austria was first allied with Napoleon during the invasion of Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |